| President
Bush (left) presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights
pioneer Benjamin Hooks during a ceremony held Monday in the East Room
of the White House. (AP photo/Ron Edmonds) |
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| Local
artist Paul Goodnight (left) was recently selected by the charitable
foundation of tennis legend Andre Agassi (right) to create an original
masterpiece for the 12th Annual Grand Slam for Children event, held
last month. Goodnight’s painting, “What the Heart Hears,” depicts the
story of a father and a child and was sold at the event’s live auction
for $70,000. (Photo courtesy of Paul Goodnight) |
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| (From
left): Kelley Chunn of Kelley Chunn & Associates; Boston Women’s
Fund (BWF) Executive Director Renae Gray; BWF Co-Founder Kip Tiernan;
state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson; Emerald Necklace Conservancy President
Julie Crockford; and Charlotte Golar Richie, senior advisor to Gov.
Deval Patrick, celebrated the recent completion of the BWF’s 2000 Club,
which raised $1 million for the organization through grassroots
donations. An anonymous donor matched those contributions. BWF supports
social justice initiatives for females. (Photo courtesy of the Boston
Women’s Fund) |
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| Ninth-graders
Shaquana Mathis (white jacket) of Dorchester and Karie Everrett (tan
jacket) of Roxbury demonstrate an experiment for guests at the grand
opening of the new science lab at Fenway High School. Fenway recently
opened an updated science laboratory thanks to resources provided by
the pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s Research Technology Center (RTC),
after RTC scientists and staff were asked to judge a 2004 science fair.
(Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools) |
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